Phallotorynus psittakos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Poeciliidae
Subfamilia: Poeciliinae
Tribus: Cnesterodontini
Genus: Phallotorynus
Species: Phallotorynus psittakos

Name

Phallotorynus psittakos Lucinda, Rosa & Reis, 2005

• Holotype: MNHNP 4621. Paratypes: AMNH 20441 (5); ANSP 173593 (11), 17593 (11); MCP 30469 (6), 30470 (6); MNHNP 1093 (10); NRM 22689 (2), 33530 (1), 33591 (5), 33614 (3); UFPB 2165 (4, 2 c&s); UMMZ 240156 (80, 9 c&s).
• Type locality: Arroyo Clementina, east of Santa Rosa, San Pedro, Paraguay.

References

• Lucinda, P.H.F., de Souza Rosa, R. & Reis, R.E., 2005: Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phallotorynus Henn, 1916 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeiliidae: Poeciliinae), with description of three new species. Copeia 3 609-631. Reference page. 

Links

• Phallotorynus psittakos in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on November 19, 2014.
• Phallotorynus psittakos in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.